| Show AARDVARK EASILY OUTCLASSES MAN MANAS MANAS MANAS AS FAST DIGGER The aardvark whose whose name comes conies from root the Dutch and mean means earth pIg Is one of ot the strangest st of o living mammals extraordinary extraordinary In appear appear- once nee In structure and In habits ays says the Chicago Field Museum News Jews Aardvarks are common throughout through through- out nt southeastern Africa states Dr Wilfred 11 II Osgood curator of or at ot the tile museum museum- They Ther are bout the size of ot a large fat hog hoc weigh elgh up to pounds lounds and have a R pig like snout which accounts for tor forthe the he name given them by the early Dutch colonists In South Africa That hat they That they are so abundant over soo so wide a ran range e of ot territory can grow to o such lar large e size as 08 Individuals on ona a diet of ants exclusively Is elo- elo ut nt evidence of ot the prevalence of ot inta In Africa and the problem they present resent t to settlers Being nocturnal In habits and livIng liv- liv Ing Ilog ng In burrows aardvarks are rarely Ie seen een en says Doctor Osgood They annot therefore be bo hunted like Uke most animals but Instead by the unusual un- un usual sual method of seeking their burows burrows bur bur- rows and digging them out out- outflow Howver Row How ver ner this presents difficulties be- be ause an aardvark can dig faster than han six men with shovels and thus escape farther Into the earth The rhe members of ot the White-Coats White ion on Instead of digging directly after the lie aardvarks pushed the earth sown own behind them This Interfered I with further digging by the anima 8 a nd tad the men then dug In front of hem and shot them through the round ground as their movement In the arth earth became visible The teeth of ot the aardvark have a peculiar tubular structure most losely resembling those of ot certain ashes This would seem to Indicate a Tery ancient ancestry fur for these thee animals which are probably the last remnant of ot n an n order r of ot which all other species are are no now extinct a avers ert Doctor Osgood |
